Travelers blacklisted for bad behavior
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FOUR people have been put on a blacklist for behaving badly while traveling, as Chinese authorities seek to improve the image of its tourists.
The four people listed by the China National Tourism Administration this week include a woman who poured instant noodles on an Air-Asia flight attendant amid insults and threats.
Her male companion was also blacklisted after getting into an altercation with the attendant. Their behavior resulted in the flight returning to Bangkok.
Zhang Yan and Wang Sheng were the first two to be blacklisted by the national agency under a rule that took effect last month.
It allows authorities to blacklist a person for unruly, disruptive, disrespectful or illegal behavior while traveling and to notify police, customs, border security, transport agencies and credit agencies. No punishments are specified but blacklisting means people could see their future travel plans affected.
Both Zhang and Wang will remain on the blacklist until March 2017.
The third person on the blacklist forcibly opened emergency doors on a domestic flight and was detained for 15 days. The tourism administration said he should stay on the list for two years.
The fourth climbed onto statutes of revolutionary soldiers to pose for photographs, drawing widespread condemnation, the tourism administration said. He would be sanctioned for 10 years.
As incomes improve, record numbers of Chinese are traveling, visiting scenic and cultural spots around the world. But some of them have been criticized for being too loud, smoking in public, littering and fouling public toilets.
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